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THE INDEPENDENT
isaUKi
EVERY AFTERNOON
Kxoept Sunday i
At Erito Hall IConiu 3troot
GT Telephone 811 J3
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
For Month anywhere In the Ha
waiian Islands I
rcr Year 0 00
Per Year postpaid to Foreign Ooun
tries 8
Payable Invariably in Advnnco
F J TE3TA Proprietor nnd Pub
lisher
EDMUND NOnRIE Editor
W HOHOE WRIGHT Assistant
Editor
Residing in Honolulu
TUESDAY MAROH 2 1897
FROM WASUI
Tbe Ex Qaeea Moves to tin
Palmor on ttaa Oaueos of the Re
moval and Oommonta on Press
Roports Independents
Political Viows Corroct
An Important Tolo
phono Message
Ed Tun Independent
We are still in Washington and
havo as yot boon unnblo to visit tho
places of public iutorost on our ar
rival hero tho worst woather of tho
winter kopt us in doorB then Hor
Majosty suffered from tho prevalent
influenza and did not leave her
npartmonts for a fortuight aflor
which it was found that on account
of tho crowded condition of tho
Shoreham for tho approaching in
auguration it would be best to
chango to quietor lodgingB which
woro found at tho Cairo our present
address
Prior to leaving tho hotel Hor
Majosty called on tho ladies rosiding
thoro who had called on her during
her stay she was accompanied by
tho throe individuals attaohod to
hor suite and it was a groat pleasure
to us to notico tho cordiality and
respoct with which she was received
It has been uuiversally recognized
in Washington that any titla be
comes oxtinot only by tho death of
tho persou once entitlod to it In
no instance has Hor Majesty been
addrossod or introduced by any
other than her royal title and this
hint is respectfully commended to
tho consideration of thoso now pos
ing as Tho Hawaiian Kopublic or
to their supporters Only thoso
ignorant of history past or prosoul
would need this information
Whatovor may bo Baid through
tho columns of tho publio press
there hnvo been no diplomatic or
rands botwixt theShorohamand tho
White Houso Besides tho personal
calls in response to invitations from
President and Mrs Olovolaud Her
Majosty requested her Hawaiian
and hor American secretaries to oall
at tho office of Hou H K Thurbor
private sooretary to tho President
for tho purpose of expressing her
thanks for tho courtesies rocoivod
aud advising him of hor chango of
residonno A day was ohoson when
tho President was absont and no at
tempt on oither sido was mado to
discuss politics
But tho vory day of this oall and
also tho day prior to our removal
Bomothiujr uiorp than a rutuor wns
ourreut in Washington nud the for
tilo brniu of the uowfipiiper roportor
connected two evonts of which I
hnvo spolou with nnothor to which
I will now alludo although I con
stantly aisured tho roprnscutatives
of tho press that thoro was not tho
loaat rolation of tho oun ovout to tho
other thoy woro slow iu believing
mo
By loiters from distinct sourcos to
herself and to her companion For
Majesty had boon warned in plain
language that her life was in danger
On Saturday Fob lBth I was sum
moned to tho long distance tele
phone and recoived a message in
tho Hawaiian language thov sender
declining to communicate in Eng
lish It was writton out and trans
lated by tho Queen with tho remark
that it was simply confirmatory of
tho intelligence already recoived
from other souroos Tho parties
who spoko with me wore well known
to her and to Mr Joseph Holeluhe
but straugors to me Hor Majesty
and hor Hawaiian secretary hnvo
held two distinct conversations with
thoso friends over tho wire and by
my request tho facts were cominuni
catod to the press It is not at all
strange that tho more suggestion in
creased almost lustautly the sym
pathy felt for Hor Majesty nor was
the reasoning difficult to trace F r
in tho first place granting that her
frionds woro needlessly alarmed it
was a direct proof of tho solicitude
felt for her porson aud the warm
affection with which she is regarded
by hor people And secondly it ia
plainly seen that she is a formidable
obstaclo to annexation that her
umval would silonce and for this
reason tho rumor rapidly received
crodonce Namos indeed havo been
montionod of tho porsouo concerned
in the plot but such will not be re
peated and wore persistently denied
to tho journalists
Tho editorial in The Independent
regarding the mission of ex Miuistnr
Tliurston to this country was copied
without comment by tho Post tho
leading moruiug paper in Washing
ton and ono which favors tho causo
of tho present rule in Hawaii In it
you stated that tho cauBo of tho an
nexationists would receive no more
favor from Mr McKinloys adminis
tration than it has had from Mr
Clevelands and such is tho gouoral
opinion hero amongst mon of all
parties
Poor Kate Field 1 she was well
known and much liked iu all circlos
horo aud it has been well said that
her untimely death from a cold
well prefigures tho doath of tho
raovomont which had a torriblo
chill oven in hor own privato im
pressions at the last Had she lived
six monthB more I fear she would
havo disappointed her entortainers
as much as these suffered from Mr
Blounta decisions or ovon by tho
humbler couolusious of my Tran
script correspondence Nor does
the figuro of speech end hero the
lively personality of that charming
lady could as easily be recognized in
the diminutive urn of her ashes as
tho formidable movomont on tho
United States initiated under Har
rison strangled uuder Clovelaud
may claim to bo alive now There
aro nono so poor as to do it roveronco
Wo can say of Kato Field Peace to
her nslios but although tho remains
of annexation bo ground to a finor
powder than the goldou calf of tho
Hobrows by tho prophets of to day
Hero tho similo fails at tho ond for
alas thoro is no peace to Hawaii
aud thoro never will bo until in tho
words of President Cleveland in re
ply to Mr Dole The Hawaiian
pooplo Bhall havo tho right to chooso
their own government That sen
tence contains all the recognition
which has over been ancordod to tho
prosont rulo in Iolani Palaco as any
porson can roadily seo by turning to
the official lottor
Hor Majosty continues to bo tho
object of moro social attentions than
alio can accept She is constantly
solicited to allow tho uso of hor
namo to articlos on every subject to
bo writton by hor or prepared for
hor approval but she has deolined
without n single oxooptiou with tho
roujarU that alio had nothing to say
Even thoso of tho opposition party
muot approve without qualification
her dignified silonco If her friends
will contiuuo to print articles in her
favor I know of no method for her
to provont this As for myBolf I am
froo to say that my opinions aro
well known on nil mattors connected
with Hawaii my information wan
obtained in many instances from
thoso directly opposed to hor Gov
ernment but I havo now made far
loss use of my pon iu her dofonso
for tho solf ovidont reason that I
would avoid imputing to Hor
Majosty anything over my own name
Julius A Palmer
The Cairo Q St Washington
Feb 17th 1897
Copy of tolophono message roceiv
od Saturday February 18 1897 at
the Shoreham Hotel
My dear SisTEn Un lohoia mai
nei o holo nku ana o Kakina o powa
i ko lii nolaila o haiaku i koia loho
mo ka hakalia olo o hai aku i na
uupepa He goes by this steamer
Dated at Honolulu Hawaii
Tho Hawaiian words in translation
mean It has boen reported that
Thurston will go there to murder
tho Queen thereforo give this ro
port without fail report to tho
newspapers
Ed The Independent
In last evening issue of Tun In
dependent you do mo tho honor of
noticiug with comments certain re
marks purporting to havo been made
by me at tho last mooting of tho
Board of Health
Iu answer thoreto I would like to
stato that tho quotation is not quite
correct I said that in tho opinion
of physicians the use of meat and
milk of lurborculous cattle in one
of tho causes of tho sprad of con
sumption
It may bo intoresting to glance at
tho statistics furnishod by our own
mortality roports
In 1801 thoro woro G12 deaths in
Honolulu of which number 75 wore
duo to consumption 32 of thaso
woro Asiatios 10 Americans 1
British 2 Germans 27 Hawaiians 2
Portuguese and 1 Swedon
In 1895 tho total number of deaths
was 781 70 of thorn consumption
25 Asiatics G Americans 2 British
86 Hawaiians and 1 Portuguese
In 1896 thoro woro G73 deaths G5
from consumption 20 Asiatics 6
Amoricans 2 British 1 Gorman 82
Hawaiians 8 Portuguese and 1
Tahitian
It will bo soon from this statomont
of nationalities that tho heavy por
contogo of deaths from consumption
cannot be duo as you suggest to
tho influx of invalids in soarch of
health but rather that the groat
HI
majority of tho victims contracted
disoaso horo
I did not intend to give tho impres
sion that tuberculous cattle were
tho only or ovon tho principal souco
of contagion but moroly one means
of spreading the disease and ono
whioh is within our control Wo
cannot raako all of tho people tako
proper caroof themselves whon they
ara pbvsiocallv below par Wo can
not mako tho Hawaiians and others
observe tho ordinary rules of health
but wo can provont tho dairies from
harboring tuberculous cattlo
Is it not our duty to do so
Leaving out of the question tho
possibility of contagion is it not tho
duty of tho Board of Health to seo
so far as it is within its power that
purn food is supplied to tho com
munity Would you Mr Editor
onjoy drinking milk from a tuber
culous cow vou knowing it to bo
such would thero bo a special
relish to your rare juicy roast if
you kuew tho lyrapathics that
pormeato tho tissuos woro full of
baoilli
Wo know the death rato from con
sumption is at least 10 porcont
whioh means that 10000 of tho
people uow living on theso islands
aro doomed sooner or later to die of
this droaddisonse It sooms to me
that wo aro bound to tako ovory
moasure possible to mitigato such
an awful calamity and tho destruc
tion of the tuberculous cattlo is
certainly a vory pratical ono
I am yours vory truly
P K Day
Houolulu Maroh 2 J897
m
Honolulu March 8 1S97
Wo now lmvo tho plonsuro of
announcing to our cliontolo that
wo hnvo fulfilled thoir desires
by romoving our storage prom
ises of Plantation and Agricul
tural implomonts etc to the
commodious building on Fort
Street adjacont to our storo and
formorly occupied by II W
Sch midt Sons
Horo aro conveniently dis
played nil that is required for
plantations of sugar rico fruits
or farms 1UOE PLOWS of all
sizes and kinds with all their
oxtra pieces and tho CELE
BRATED 12 14 and 1G
BREAKERS acknowledged by
ovory plantation managor to bo
tho VERY BEST introduced
into tho country
Hero aro SUBSOIL SIDE-
HILL and SULKY DISC
PLOWS CULTIVATORS and
STUBBLE DIGGERS and
SHAVERS and all that is neces
sary for Sugar Lands Tho
famous ASPINWALL POTATO
PLANTERS Whcol Barrows
Plow Points Shares Whcols
IIoos Spades Buckets Stop
Ladders Rico and Coiloo Clean
ing Mills Aor motors Fencing
Ropos Stoves Sowing Machines
and a hundred other things
necessary for farm and planta
tion life Wo aro now open
call and seo us
Ton Hawaiian Hardware Co LV
307 Fout Stkket
Opposite Spreokels Hank
LOST
SAVINGS BANK HOOK NO
POSTAL
A LL
NOTICE
1EIIFONS HAVING
XX claims against tho Dstnto of
ANY
J H
Lovojoyare reouostod to iraentBamo for
paymont on or beforo March 31 1807 or
thoy will forever be debarred and all por
tons indebted to tho Kitate of J II Lovo
joy ure requested to make piyment of their
accounts on or beforo March 31 1897 and
after the eitit date local proceedings will
bo takon to recover same John D Holt
Jr is duly authorized to collect all ac
counts duo said Kstato and his receipt Is
valid ISIgncdl S O DWIGHT
Executor and Trust co for Estate of J II
Lovejoy Ofllc with Lovejoy Co No 10
Nunanu Street
Honolnlu Maroh 2 1607 621 1 w
MEETING NOTICE
nplin ItEGULAH ANNUAL MEETING
J of tho Stockholders of tho Inter Island
Bteam Navigation Co Ld will bo held
at tho ofllco of tho Company on TUBS
DAY March 0th at 10 oclock a m
N E GEDGE
Hecrotary
Honolulu H I Feb 23 1807
SAYINGS BANK NOTICE
Notice is hereby Riven to Deposit
ors in the Savings Dftpartraent of
OlauB Sprockela Cos Bank that
ou and aftr April 1 1897 all Inter
est on thoir deposits will cease
Savings Depositors may withdraw
thoir accqunts without Riving pre
vious notice or thoy may leave samo
in our Bank on call
CLAUS SPREOKELS CO
Honolulu Feb 17 1897
Benson Smith Co
DRUGGISTS
Fort Street
HONOITIMl H I
P HOKN
The Pioneer Bakery
Dread Iiex Calces of alt kinds frosh
every day
Fresh Ico Oioaiu made of tho nest Wood
lawn Cream in all Flavors
The inest
Home made
m t
Confectionery
OOE3STIO
Steamship Co
FOR SAN FRANCISCO
r HK Al 8TEAM8HII
AUSTRALIA
WHili LEAVK HONOMIliP
rOB THE ABOVB TOUT OH
Wednesday Mar 10th
AT i OCLOCK I M
The undersigned aro now prepared to
Issue Through Tickets from this City to nil
points in the United Btates
For further particulars regarding
Freight or Passage npply to
Wm G IltWIN CO LD
Ocnoral Agonts
Oceanic Steamship Co
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AMi Mail narrtte
For San Franciscu
The Now and Fine Al Steel Steamship
ZEALAND1A
Of tho Oceanic Steamship Company will
bo duo at Honolulu from
Auckland on or ni at
Malls
date
oytinoy
IMaroln 4tli
and
or about
Passengers on
I
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and
or about Unit
For Sydney Auckland
The Now and Fine Al Steel Steamship
ALAMEDA
Of the
bo duo c
Oceanic Bteamshln Company will
at Honolulu from San Francisco on
bLSLTCll 1 lth
And will havo prompt despatch with Malls
and listeiigers for tno obore ports
Tho undersigned are now prepared
to Issuo
Tfirongb Tickets to All Points In
United SiHtes
tho
For furthor particulars regarding
Freight and Passage apply to
Win G IRWIN CO Ld
General Agents
Oceanic Steamship Co
TIME TABLE
LOCAL LINE
S S AUSTRALIA
Arrlvo Honolulu Leavo Honolulu
from 8 F for S F
Maroh 2 Maroh 10
March SO April 7
April27 MayO
May 25 Juno 2
June 22 Juno 30
July20 July28
Aug 17 Aug25
Boptll Snpti2
Octl2 Oot20
NovO Nov 17
Deo 7 D00I6
THROUGH LINE
From San Francisco
for Bydnoy
Arrive Honolulu
Monowai Feb 11 07
Alameda Mar 11 07
Mariposa Apr 8 07
Moans May 0 1897
AJamodn Juno 3 07
Mnrlposa July 1 07
Moana July 20 1807
Alameda Aug 21 07
Mariposa Septal 07
Moana Oct 21 1M7
Alameda Nov 18 07
From Bydnoy for
Ban Francisco
Leate Honolulu
Mariposa Mar 1 07
Moana Apr 1 1H07
Alameda Apr 20 07
Mariposa May 27 07
Moana Juno 21 07
AlamcdaJuly2207
Mnrlposa Aug 10 07
Moana Sopt 10 07
AlKinedapctH 07
MaripobaNovllW
Moana Deo 0 1807
W II RIOKARD
General Business Agent
WILL ATTEND TO
Convoyaucimj in All Its Branches
Collecting and All Business
Mattors of Trust
All business entrusted to him will rcceiva
prompt and careful attention
Olllco Hnnokaa Hhmakua Hawaii
WOXIOE
QUnSOHIDKllS AUK UKBPEOTFULLY
KJ notltlod that all subscriptions aro pa
ahlo strictly in advance by the mont
quarter or yenr
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